“99% of the people out there cannot hope to handle 420HP. Much less more.”
Au contrere, Norm! First of all, 99% of the people out there are not interested in the kind of performance these limited production vehicles provide. The new ‘15 Corvette Z-06 will have 650 hp from a direct-injected, cylinder- dropping (i.e. it goes to 4 cyls when that provides sufficient power to move the vehicle) 6.2 liter supercharged V8. With the active management of the traction/braking/cornering, and idiot would have to work at it to have a problem with the power available. (My current car has a bit less power, but it has all these features, which I have to turn off, when I use the car in a track day, because they prevent me from exacting the absolute performance that’s available.) From what I understand, these cars will not have a gas guzzler tax because they get very good milage unless you have a heavy foot all the time. I have a Corvette that’s a couple of years old, and I routinely get more than 30mpg on the highway with combined driving coming in at about 25mpg.
If they have no interest, then giving kids forks for the light socket seems to be a bad idea.
“and idiot would have to work at it to have a problem with the power available.”
Lol. You are not serious, are you?